VIDEO; UN: SMOKING_BOMB

[bakudan_bambino]

[The video starts with a boy at the training ground, sitting and looking at his nails. They are covered in dirt, and there's a large hole in the ground in front of him. He's got the back of one wrist against his mouth and he's looking mildly disgusted. There are a lot of sticks in that hole. It's not been covered up with dirt.]

Does... anyone know how to lift a curse?

[He remembers training, but digging a hole and filling it with sticks? No recollection of that. There's dirt on his face if he moves his hand away from his mouth.]

Comments

[bakudan_bambino]

Maybe. Thanks.

[beautyrest]

Not at all, I only wish to help where I can. I know what it is to be cursed by a fae.

[bakudan_bambino]

Are you currently still cursed?

[Maybe if he finds one way of fixing his curse, he can help her.]

[beautyrest]

I... am honestly not sure. I do not think I am, presently. This is far too vivid for all of you to be a part of my dream.

[bakudan_bambino]

Well, if you ever find that you are, I've gotten a lot of responses on the network, so I'd suggest reaching out through it to find help in lifting the curse.

Would you call this a good, or a bad dream?

[beautyrest]

I shall. I know the means of breaking my curse, I am just rather sure it will not be something easily attained, is all.

It is an interesting one, to be sure. Not nearly so disappointing as my usual ones. [Yet.]

[bakudan_bambino]

If you are still cursed, Aurora.

[If there's a way to lift his curse, Gokudera doesn't think his is easy enough to attain, either.]

But your home world has magic? Is it really different?

[beautyrest]

If indeed.

It does, I was actually raised by fairies back home. My aunts, or well, godmothers. Oddly, the magic is not so dissimilar, though it tends to be in the hands of mythical creatures and the gifted rather than everyone.

[bakudan_bambino]

Mn.

I don't think a lot of the locals in Camelot have much magic, though, do they? Just every person brought here from their home world?

[beautyrest]

I'm not sure. I am not ungrateful for it, though. I have never had magic before. [Yes she did, she had Disney Princess Magic™️.] I've not yet tried transforming parts of myself to resemble animals.

[bakudan_bambino]

I feel like most people I've met have Elemental, animal, light, or healing magic...

What all have you done with your magic instead of transforming yourself?

[beautyrest]

I speak to animals. It's what I did back home, it's why I was unaware I had even gained magic when I arrived since I didn't notice anything when I asked them questions. They are still just as helpful as before. [Well, also, Disney Princess Magic™️.]

[bakudan_bambino]

I don't know very much about animal magic yet, unfortunately. If you could transform yourself into an animal or gain their features, what would you give yourself?

[beautyrest]

Wings, so that I may soar with more than just my voice.

[bakudan_bambino]

Can you transform an animal into another animal as well? I mean, not yet, but is that something people with animal magic can do?

Could you turn me into an armadillo? [He gives a small laugh at the thought.]

[beautyrest]

I am not sure, perhaps with time?

But I know not this creature, what is an armadillo?

[bakudan_bambino]

It's a mammal that walks around with armor! It can roll up and looks like a ball! Here!

[He's enthusiastic about animals, and he's sure he can find some picture of it on his device before linking her to it]

[beautyrest]

Oh! It's simply adorable! [Aurora would never find any animal ugly.] It's a little rolly-polly knight!

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera is even a fan of monsters, so she'll just find him equally enthusiastic.]

Like a less spikey, larger version of a hedgehog!

[beautyrest]

Oh! I have encountered a hedgehog family once, they were incredibly kind. Do not let their spikes fool you, they are very gentle creatures... within reason.

[bakudan_bambino]

That's most creatures, though! I've not met many I didn't like, or that I would bother.

[beautyrest]

That is very true. I have also never met a creature I didn't like. We have so much in common in that sense.

What is an animal you have always wanted to meet, Gokudera?

[bakudan_bambino]

It's a shame I've got Light magic, then.

Hm? Oh, I always dreamed of meeting an befriending an Ogopogo, but my familiar is as close as I can get! Aside from that... I think I've always wanted to meet Bigfoot. Or the Dover Demon! They're all cryptids, but I'm sorry I've never gotten to or will likely never get to see a thylacine. They're extinct in my world, unfortunately

[beautyrest]

A crypt-id? I am afraid this word, and such creatures, are unknown to me. I've never heard of them before.

[bakudan_bambino]

Cryptids are creatures thought to exist, but there's no proof.

The thylacine looks real though, doesn't it? Like a mix between a dog and a tiger!